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LLC Members May Ratify Prior Defective Actions

Actions taken within business entities are sometimes deemed invalid due to procedural defects.  For corporations, section 119 of the Corporations Code establishes a clear procedure by which defective actions can be ratified...more

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“Equitable Buyout” as a Remedy for LLC Wrongdoing?

In the world of LLCs, buyouts — where one member sells his/her membership interest to another member or the LLC itself — are commonplace. Buyouts generally fall into one of two categories: contractual — where the...more

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Court Intervenes to Halt HOA Election Abuse

Under California law, a homeowners association (HOA) is considered a “quasi-government entity” similar to a municipal government.  And, as courts have noted, “with power, of course, comes the potential for abuse.”...more

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Shareholder Inspection Rights Are Not An Automatic Right To Attorneys’ Fees

Recently the Court of Appeals has addressed a director’s inspection rights, and shareholder inspection rights and the associated opportunity to recover attorney fees and other expenses incurred in securing the inspection of...more

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California Court of Appeal Reaffirms Broad Inspection Rights Accorded to Directors Under Section 1602 of the California...

In Fowler v. Golden Pacific Bancorp, Inc., 2022 Cal. App. LEXIS 548 (Cal. App. June 23, 2022), the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District (Krause, J.), reinforced the near absolute right of directors of a...more

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Los Angeles Superior Court Invalidates California Board Diversity Statute, Rendering It Ripe for Review by the California Court of...

In Crest v. Padilla, No. 20STCV37513 (Cal. Super. Apr. 1, 2022), the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles (Green, J.) declared that Section 301.4 of the California Corporations Code is unconstitutional...more

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“Reverse Veil Piercing” to Reach an LLC’s Assets

“Piercing the corporate veil” — also referred to as “alter ego” liability — is a familiar concept under California law. Ordinarily, a corporation or other entity (such as an LLC) is considered a legal entity separate and...more

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New York Court of Appeals Holds that PCs that Cede Excessive Control to MSOs Violate the Corporate Practice of Medicine Doctrine

On June 11, 2019, the New York Court of Appeals issued an opinion in Andrew Carothers, M.D., P.C. v. Progressive Insurance Company, 2019 NY Slip Op 04643, holding that an insurer could withhold payments for medical services...more

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California Court of Appeal Enforces Delaware Forum Selection Bylaw

In Drulias v. 1st Century Bancshares, Inc., No. H045049, 2018 WL 6735137 (Cal. App. Dec. 21, 2018), the California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District, affirmed an order staying a stockholder lawsuit brought in the...more

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Court Of Appeal Finally Notices That Section 2116 Says Not A Word About Officers

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Section 2116 of the California Corporations Code generally provides that the directors of a foreign corporation transacting intrastate business in California will be liable for a violation of official duty according to any...more

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Federal Judge Applies California Insider Trading Statute To Delaware Corporation

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Attentive readers of this blog should be aware that California included an insider trading statute (Corp. Code § 25402) as part of the Corporate Securities Law of 1968. More than a dozen years ago, a California Court of...more

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Is The Codification Of A Director's Standard Of Care A "Liability Created By Law"?

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By codifying the standard of performance of directors in Corporations Code Section 309 did the legislature create a liability by law? ...more

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CA Corps Not Obligated to Make Records Available for Inspection in California

The California Court of Appeal recently ruled that an inspection demand under California Corporations Code section 1601 requires a corporation to make its books and records available for inspection at an office where they...more

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California Court of Appeal Confirms that Corporations Code § 1601 Does Not Require Corporations to Ship Records Maintained Out of...

In Innes v. Diablo Controls, Inc., Case No., A145528, 2016 Cal. App. LEXIS 475 (Cal. App. June 16, 2016), the California Court of Appeal, First District, affirmed that California Corporations Code § 1601, which permits...more

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A Criminal Waste Of Space Foments Securities Law Problem

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California Court of Appeal Justice William W. Bedsworth writes the popular syndicated column “A Criminal Waste of Space”.  In this month’s column, Justice Bedsworth expounds on the highly improbable case of a man who...more

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Court Of Appeals Holds No ERISA Preemption Of Section 419(b)

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent holding in Sender v. Franklin Res., Inc., 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 10113 (9th Cir. Cal. June 16, 2015) is reasonably clear and yet there is much about the case that puzzles me. ...more

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Ninth Circuit Honors Canadian Business Law’s Exclusive Remedy Provision

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed dismissal of a counterclaim for breach of fiduciary duty brought under Section 242 of the Alberta Business Corporations Act (ABCA), finding that only an Alberta...more

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California and Delaware Courts Agree: Amendments to Corporate Bylaws Do Not Apply Retroactively to Impair Pursuit Previously...

Two recent decisions, one from the Delaware Court of Chancery and one from the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, refused to apply bylaws that impaired a shareholder/member plaintiff’s ability to pursue...more

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